Why should there be a need for NGOs?

Non-government organizations, or NGOs, are providing some of the best employment in India today, wrote N Mathur. The average employee strength of NGOs is 466, of which 53% are women. "The first ever exercise by the CBI to map registered NGOs has disclosed that India has at least 31 lakh (3.1 million) NGOs -- more than double the number of schools in the country, 250 times the number of government hospitals, one NGO for 400 people as against one policeman for 709 people." Clearly, a very lucrative business. Last year, the Supreme Court was startled to discover so many NGOs operating in the country, less than 10% of which filed audit reports of their accounts. In 2013, the Delhi High Court observed, "99% of existing NGOs are fraud and simply money making devices. Only one out of every hundred NGOs serve the purpose they are set up for." "Organizations in this sector, in fact, are quite ahead of the corporate sector in terms of providing positive and engaging employee experience." Obvious. Companies have to pay taxes, maintain standards and increase shareholder value. Employees of NGOs get a share of the spoils with "Benefits like financial help in times of family crisis, free medical facilities in affiliated hospitals and aid to school-going children of employees..." One NGO even gives "time off for parents to support their wards appearing for board exams and special leave so that employees can attend camps for holistic living". But why are NGOs necessary at all when there are so many government schemes providing handouts for the poor? Because there is a dearth of well-paid jobs and the situation is not likely to improve in the near future. Severe under-employment is a much more serious problem than unemployment, said Niti Aayog, a government organization. People do whatever it takes to survive, often very hard work for very low reward. Is the job situation likely to improve? India is missing out on global recovery, wrote T Kundu. While the rest of Asia saw a sharp rise in exports of manufactured goods we exported a few more commodities, but imported a lot more machinery and electronic equipment. Our once thriving telecom sector is getting sick. Tata telecom is to shut down with debts of Rs 340 billion. Spectrum is among the most expensive in the world and companies have to pay huge license fees in addition. RCom has defaulted on debts of around Rs 470 billion. Airlines struggle to survive due to some of the highest taxes on fuel and airports in the world, while around 30% of seats remain empty on premium trains everyday. NGOs are the best business. Are politicians unaware of this goldmine? Surely not?